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Millennium Development Goals: 2013 Progress Chart

The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were derived from the Millennium Declaration, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2000. Through the Declaration, world leaders forged a commitment to combat poverty, hunger and disease, provide education to all children and equal opportunities to both women and men, protect the environment, establish a global partnership for development, and to achieve these goals by 2015. The MDGs provide a framework of time-bound goals and targets through which progress can be measured, using a baseline of 1990. This chart presents an assessment of progress towards selected targets on the basis of information available as of June 2013. The latest available data for most indicators refer to 2011 to 2013.

Africa Goals and Targets Northern Sub-Saharan Eastern

Asia South-Eastern Southern Western Oceania

Latin America & the Caribbean

Caucasus & Central Asia

GOAL 1 | Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Reduce extreme poverty by half Productive and decent employment Reduce hunger by half low poverty large decit in decent work low hunger very high poverty very large decit in decent work very high hunger moderate poverty* large decit in decent work moderate hunger moderate poverty large decit in decent work moderate hunger very high poverty very large decit in decent work high hunger low poverty large decit in decent work moderate hunger very high poverty very large decit in decent work moderate hunger low poverty moderate decit in decent work moderate hunger low poverty moderate decit in decent work moderate hunger

GOAL 2 | Achieve universal primary education

Universal primary schooling high enrolment moderate enrolment high enrolment high enrolment high enrolment high enrolment high enrolment high enrolment

GOAL 3 | Promote gender equality and empower women

Equal girls enrolment in primary school Womens share of paid employment Womens equal representation innational parliaments close to parity low share low representation close to parity medium share moderate representation close to parity high share moderate representation parity medium share low representation parity low share low representation close to parity low share low representation close to parity medium share very low representation parity high share moderate representation parity high share low representation

GOAL 4 | Reduce child mortality

Reduce mortality of underve-year-olds by two thirds low mortality high mortality low mortality low mortality moderate mortality low mortality moderate mortality low mortality moderate mortality

GOAL 5 | Improve maternal health

Reduce maternal mortality by three quarters Access to reproductive health low mortality moderate access very high mortality low access low mortality high access moderate mortality moderate access high mortality moderate access low mortality moderate access high mortality low access low mortality high access low mortality moderate access

GOAL 6 | Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS Halt and reverse the spread oftuberculosis low incidence low mortality high incidence moderate mortality low incidence low mortality low incidence moderate mortality low incidence moderate mortality low incidence low mortality low incidence high mortality low incidence low mortality intermediate incidence moderate mortality

GOAL 7 | Ensure environmental sustainability

Halve proportion of population without improved drinking water Halve proportion of population without sanitation Improve the lives of slum-dwellers high coverage high coverage moderate proportion of slum-dwellers low coverage very low coverage very high proportion of slum-dwellers high coverage low coverage moderate proportion of slum-dwellers moderate coverage low coverage high proportion of slum-dwellers high coverage very low coverage high proportion of slum-dwellers high coverage moderate coverage moderate proportion of slum-dwellers low coverage very low coverage moderate proportion of slum-dwellers high coverage moderate coverage moderate proportion of slum-dwellers moderate coverage high coverage

GOAL 8 | Develop a global partnership for development

Internet users high usage moderate usage high usage high usage moderate usage high usage low usage high usage high usage

The progress chart operates on two levels. The words in each box indicate the present degree of compliance with the target. The colours show progress towards the target according to the legend below: Target already met or expected to be met by 2015. Progress insufcient to reach the target if prevailing trends persist. * Poverty progress for Eastern Asia is assessed based on Chinas data only. For the regional groupings and country data, see mdgs.un.org. Country experiences in each region may differ signicantly from the regional average. Due to new data and revised methodologies, this Progress Chart is not comparable with previous versions. Sources: United Nations, based on data and estimates provided by: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Inter-Parliamentary Union; International Labour Organization; International Telecommunication Union; UNAIDS; UNESCO; UN-Habitat; UNICEF; UN Population Division; World Bank; World Health Organization based on statistics available as of June 2013. Compiled by Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations. No progress or deterioration. Missing or insufcient data.